Having already had a go on the ice with her professional partner, she joked: “I came across Kem from Love Island and we saw each other at the ice rink. He saw my skills, I saw his skills … I’m better than him.”

This Morning presenters Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby will return as show hosts in next year’s season while the panel will consist of skating legends Torvill and Dean, Jason Gardiner and one still-to-be-named judge.

Next year’s show will mark the end of a three-year hiatus for the programme, which aired for nine seasons until its last outing in 2014 featuring former winners and contestants from the other eight series.

Shakes-Drayton, who first announced the news as she appeared on BBC Radio 1Xtra on Monday, has delighted her followers with her new venture.

One fan responded to her post: “I could actually cry with happiness” while another commented: “So excited for you!!! Your gonna be amazing, will definitely tune in for this.”